"The project is based on a few elements that synthesize the austerity and the drama of the 335 coffins 'compressed' by the weight of the immense stone which 'floats' metaphysically one meter from the ground and covers it with his shadow space excavated below the level soil. It is an orderly space defined in contrast to the tortuosity of the tufa quarries connected to it by a single path that leads the visitor from the place of burial to the place of the slaughter. This contrast can also be seen in the twisted and expressive gates by Mirko Basaldella in contrast with the neat and pure expression of the tombstone" (Francesco Gatti - Arch'it)

On the 24th of March 1944 335 Italians were killed here in retaliation for the attack in Via Rasella on the day before when 33 German soldiers were killed as well as two Italian civilians who were just passing by